Psalm 109

1. 1

   Hold not your tongue, O God of my praise; *
   for the mouth of the wicked, the mouth of the deceitful, is opened against me.

2. 2

   They speak to me with a lying tongue; *
   they encompass me with hateful words and fight against me without a cause.

3. 3

   Despite my love, they accuse me; *
   but as for me, I pray for them.

4. 4

   They repay evil for good, *
   and hatred for my love.

5. 5

   Set a wicked man against him, *
   and let an accuser stand at his right hand.

6. 6

   When he is judged, let him be found guilty, *
   and let his appeal be in vain.

7. 7

   Let his days be few, *
   and let another take his office.

8. 8

   Let his children be fatherless, *
   and his wife become a widow.

9. 9

   Let his children be waifs and beggars; *
   let them be driven from the ruins of their homes.

10. 10

    Let the creditor seize everything he has; *
    let strangers plunder his gains.

11. 11

    Let there be no one to show him kindness, *
    and none to pity his fatherless children.

12. 12

    Let his descendants be destroyed, *
    and his name be blotted out in the next generation.

13. 13

    Let the wickedness of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, *
    and his mother's sin not be blotted out;

14. 14

    Let their sin be always before the LORD; *
    but let him root out their names from the earth;

15. 15

    Because he did not remember to show mercy, *
    but persecuted the poor and needy and sought to kill the brokenhearted.

16. 16

    He loved cursing, let it come upon him; *
    he took no delight in blessing, let it depart from him.

17. 17

    He put on cursing like a garment, *
    let it soak into his body like water and into his bones like oil;

18. 18

    Let it be to him like the cloak which he wraps around himself, *
    and like the belt that he wears continually.

19. 19

    Let this be the recompense from the LORD to my accusers, *
    and to those who speak evil against me.

20. 20

    But you, O Lord my God, oh, deal with me according to your Name; *
    for your tender mercy's sake, deliver me.

21. 21

    For I am poor and needy, *
    and my heart is wounded within me.

22. 22

    I have faded away like a shadow when it lengthens; *
    I am shaken off like a locust.

23. 23

    My knees are weak through fasting, *
    and my flesh is wasted and gaunt.

24. 24

    I have become a reproach to them; *
    they see and shake their heads.

25. 25

    Help me, O LORD my God; *
    save me for your mercy's sake.

26. 26

    Let them know that this is your hand, *
    that you, O LORD, have done it.

27. 27

    They may curse, but you will bless; *
    let those who rise up against me be put to shame, and your servant will rejoice.

28. 28

    Let my accusers be clothed with disgrace *
    and wrap themselves in their shame as in a cloak.

29. 29

    I will give great thanks to the LORD with my mouth; *
    in the midst of the multitude will I praise him;

30. 30

    Because he stands at the right hand of the needy, *
    to save his life from those who would condemn him.

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